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Alphabet

DeepMind Technologies Limited is a British artificial intelligence company founded in September 2010.  Acquired by Google in 2014, the company has created a neural network that learns how to play video games in a fashion similar to that of humans, as well as a Neural Turing machine, or a neural network that may be able to access an external memory like a conventional Turing machine, resulting in a computer that mimics the short-term memory of the human brain.

DeepMind

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

YouTube

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics.

Android

Nest Labs is a home automation producer of programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, Wi-Fi-enabled thermostats, smoke detectors, security cameras, and other security systems. It introduced the Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011 as its first product. The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector was then introduced in October 2013. After the acquisition of Dropcam, the rebranded Nest Cam was introduced in June 2015. Finally, in July 2016, the Nest Cam Outdoor was released.

Nest Labs

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. Boston Dynamics is best known for the development of BigDog, a quadruped robot designed for the U.S. military with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and DI-Guy, software for realistic human simulation. Early in the company's history, it worked with the American Systems Corporation under a contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to replace naval training videos for aircraft launch operations with interactive 3D computer simulations featuring DI-Guy characters. The company is a pioneer in the field of robotics and it is one of the most advanced in its domain. Marc Raibert is the company's president and project manager. He spun the company off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

Boston Dynamics

Alphabet, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in software, health care, transportation, and other technologies. It operates through the following segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment includes products and services such as ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The Google Cloud segment refers to infrastructure and platform services, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment relates to the sale of healthcare-related services and internet services. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on October 2, 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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Alphabet (GOOGL) reports robust Q2 earnings, Cloud hits $10B revenue

Alphabet's Q2 performance reflects strong financials, particularly in Google Services and Cloud, while facing challenges in the Other Bets segment.
The company's strengths lie in AI-driven innovations across Search, Cloud, and autonomous driving, with opportunities in marketing and user experience enhancements.
Efforts to reengineer costs and address analyst inquiries on AI adoption and revenue mix present ongoing challenges and opportunities for Alphabet.
Overall, Alphabet's Q2 earnings call showcases a mix of solid performance, strategic strengths, challenges to address, and promising growth avenues.

Alphabet (GOOGL) excels in Q3 with AI-driven growth and cloud success

Alphabet's Q3 earnings call highlighted impressive revenue growth, particularly in Google Cloud and YouTube, driven by AI innovation. Executives emphasized the company's strong focus on AI, cloud services, and autonomous driving, while acknowledging challenges in cloud margins and user experience. With a solid financial performance and strategic initiatives in place, Alphabet is poised for continued success and growth in the tech sector.

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A quarter ago, Google's ad revenue fell short of expectations. Those expectations, however, might have been unfairly high.

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Apple

Amazon

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Netflix

NVIDIA

In a week marked by significant turbulence, ‘Magnificent Seven' stocks experienced a notable decline, diverging sharply from their typically robust performance.

Magnificent Seven stocks ‘not so magnificent' on week's closure

Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Amazon all have sizable ad businesses. The start of 2023 was a poor time to be in the ad business.

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Tesla

Many in the market are looking to this week's quarterly results from the four members of ‘the Magnificent 7' to help reverse the stock market's ongoing weakness.

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Boeing

The stock market wades into the thick of earnings season with Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Boeing and other leading names due to report.

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Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday said it will roll back requirements that U.S. suppliers and staffing firms pay their employees at least $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits, a move that could allow the tech giant to avoid bargaining with unions.

Google scraps minimum wage, benefits rules for suppliers and staffing firms

Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a 1,200-word memo to his global workforce after pro-Palestinian staffers stormed offices in New York, Seattle and Sunnyvale, Calif.

Google CEO tells staffers the office is not a place to ‘debate politics' after firing 28 for anti-Israel sit-ins

Meta — the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — has thrown down the gauntlet on artificial intelligence this week with the release of a standalone AI chatbot and a powerful open source model, Llama 3, positioning itself as a major competitor to bots from the likes of Google and ChatGPT as companies race to develop ever more powerful systems.

Meta AI Declares War On OpenAI, Google With Standalone Chatbot — What To Know About ‘Llama 3' Model

As the year's second quarter gets well underway, we're gearing up for earnings season, where significant players in the market will be unveiling their first-quarter results. This year presents a distinct shift from the previous one.

3 Magnificent Seven Stocks Outperforming the Rest

Big drops in two of the Magnificent Seven stocks hasn't dented the group's influence on the S&P 500. In fact, they dominate more than ever.

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MercadoLibre

UiPath

Alphabet's products remain dominant in their respective fields. MercadoLibre recently experienced a sell-off despite strong results.

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Advanced Micro Devices

Micron Technology

Palantir Technologies

Tech stocks are on track to finish the week as they started it—badly.

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Eli Lilly

ServiceNow

When Wall Street tags a stock as a strong buy, it is probably right. Generally speaking, such shares tend to be among the best positioned investments in the market.

Strong Buy Alert: 7 No-Brainer Stocks to Scoop Up Now

With the technology space encountering a sizable correction, it's time to consider Magnificent 7 stocks to buy now. Credited to Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett for using the borrowed term from an old film, this list comprises the most popular and compelling businesses available.

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Bank of America

Li Lu is a Warren Buffett disciple who was funded by Charlie Munger. He has 70% of his American portfolio in Bank of America and Alphabet stocks.

This Billionaire Warren Buffett Disciple Has 70% of His American Portfolio in Just 2 Stocks

Researchers at The Motley Fool examined hedge funds run by billionaire investors to determine their most widely held tech stocks. It shouldn't come as a surprise that the results skewed heavily towards some of the top purveyors of artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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Google will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables, the company said Thursday. It's part of a broader plan to integrate artificial intelligence more widely throughout the company.

Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI

Super Micro Computer

The Nasdaq Composite has surged over the past year or so, but history suggests the rally is far from over. Generative AI has gone viral but is just getting started.

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Google's data advantage in the generative AI space could help them overcome recent teething problems and maintain search leadership. The company has a number of avenues to drive growth, including YouTube ads, their subscription business, as well Google Cloud, which has an edge in machine learning, a market that is on the cusp of rapid growth. Google Shopping ads are Alphabet's effort to carve out a niche in the burgeoning eCommerce ad space and prospects are promising as their strategy leverages Google's USP and rides on an ongoing D2C trend.

Google Shopping Prospects Make It A Buy But Not Without Risks

The UK privacy regulator said Google's proposed replacements for cookies need to do more to protect consumer privacy, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday, citing internal documents reviewed by them.

UK regulator says Google's ad-privacy changes fall short, WSJ reports

SAN FRANCISCO — Google will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables, the company said Thursday. It's part of a broader plan to integrate artificial intelligence more widely throughout the company.

Google combining Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI

Google is consolidating the teams that focus on building artificial intelligence (AI) models across Google Research and Google DeepMind.  All this work will now be done within Google DeepMind, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, said in a note to employees posted on the company's website Thursday (April 18).

Google Consolidates AI-Building Teams Across Research and DeepMind

Google doubled down on its messaging to employees about staying focused on work. Sundar Pichai said in a blog post the office isn't a place to "debate politics.

Google's CEO says its workplace isn't a place to 'fight over disruptive issues or debate politics'

Google is merging more parts of the company in an effort to move faster in AI. Google's DeepMind chief has gained more power, while the head of Pixel will also oversee Android.

Google just made a huge company shakeup. Here's who's gaining power.

Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.

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